El Flaco

The Blink API is currently being hammered with a huge amount of requests from a handful of IP addresses.
Looks like there's people out there who really hate to see bitcoin being used as money ...

2025-03-11 23:40:33 GMT

"Do everything possible to make it more accessible to do everyday payments. That's why I'm here"
🤝 https://nostr.download/ac8cfa097a07dac7755dfc9662f1261ffc3ad5ee641be9989db4243341b339e0.mp4

2025-02-26 11:06:51 GMT

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The framing is weird. Either Germany offers freedom of religion to its citizens, or it doesn't.
So a better framing is: Does freedom of religion belong to Germany?

2025-02-20 20:13:41 GMT

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👀
link?

2025-02-19 19:54:11 GMT

Looking for open source slides to explain the basics of Lightning!
What are some good ones?

2025-02-15 18:41:19 GMT

Fellow @npub1p0x…deeh co-organizer and one of my favorite Bitcoiners Ricki in a great conversation with Ernst Roets (Afriforum).
https://youtu.be/uukTNJCPVV4
Bitcoiners in ZA are doing excellent lobbying work on all sides of the political spectrum.

2025-02-06 18:44:03 GMT

Recording of my talk about @npub13lj…cfhw mission and vision at @npub1p0x…deeh 2025 is live!
https://youtu.be/G3nOpLQ9kjY?si=pn6rhG_lorQGtk9D

2025-02-06 18:42:18 GMT

Recording of my talk about @npub13lj…cfhw mission and vision at @npub1p0x…deeh 2025 is live!
youtu.be/G3nOpLQ9kjY

2025-02-04 22:09:11 GMT

The Fiat Hopium
https://m.primal.net/OQcA.mp4

2025-01-06 07:43:20 GMT

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you can set up a Lightning Address with @npub13lj…cfhw - requires just a phone number for registration.

2024-12-27 11:12:44 GMT

@npub1lel…kvyz
https://m.primal.net/NIEa.jpg

2024-12-17 22:14:39 GMT

May God Have Mercy on the Nocoiners
In halls of power, a silent race begins,
Where institutions chase the digital sin.
Central banks, with ink and press,
Debase their currencies, in duress,
To buy the coin that's pure, the golden bit,
Bitcoin, the savior, the end of debt's pit.
The U.S., with cunning, plays a dual game,
Stacking sats for glory, spreading dollar's fame.
Stablecoins in green, a facade so sleek,
Promising a haven, but only for the weak.
While citizens stack, the nation too,
Hoping to dollarize, the old game in view.
But as the presses run, the currencies fall,
The debts they once held, now small,
Evaporate like whispers in the wind,
Leaving those without bitcoin, financially thinned.
The nocoiners, once proud, now face the night,
As their wealth and savings vanish from sight.
A great economic wipe-out, a cleansing tide,
The end of an era, the fourth turning's ride.
A new cycle dawns, with nations debt-free,
On a Bitcoin standard, where all can see,
The holders of Bitcoin, spared from the plight,
In this new world order, they bask in the light.
May God have mercy on the nocoiners' plight,
For they missed the boat, in Bitcoin's flight.
As the world resets, with a ledger so clear,
Only Bitcoin holders thrive, the rest live in fear.

2024-12-13 17:35:02 GMT

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Can't wait to be back in Cape Town to mingle with South Africa's builders in January.
#note1x62…hf3y

2024-12-04 02:25:41 GMT

Most people don't even know what they're working for day in and day out.
Most bitcoiners I know know exactly what they're working for.
Superpower.

2024-12-03 23:10:56 GMT

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Noted firr next time.

2024-12-03 22:27:01 GMT

I didn't know I was so susceptible to jetlag.
Last year coming back from El Salvador it took me a month to get rid of it. This year it's already messing me up for 1 week.
Any tips on how to fix it?

2024-12-03 13:51:26 GMT

We're hiring an accountant at Blink
Proponents of bits, millibitcoins et. al. need not apply.
Sats the Standard.
https://bitcoinerjobs.com/job/1622702-bitcoin-accountant-blink-btc

2024-12-03 05:39:49 GMT

wisdom
https://m.primal.net/Mmdt.jpg

2024-12-03 04:04:49 GMT

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this may or may not be my first nostr post - almost 3 years. it was rather lonely here back then.
#nevent1q…2469
now it seems there's so much going on, I don't even know where to begin catching up.

2024-12-03 03:45:32 GMT

Should I post more on here?

2024-11-18 19:37:14 GMT

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a very unique specimen of a self-declared anarcho-capitalist...

2024-09-19 13:39:42 GMT

Humanitarian help for Gaza with Bitcoin
Unfortunately, the project Bitcoin for Palestine had to move away from Geyser (the chilling effect of Torrnado Cash prosecution is real), but the project has a BTCPay crowdfunding now ->
https://bitcoinforpalestine.org
If you can, donate some sats. (onchain + LN)

2024-09-16 11:37:47 GMT

Great to see more brand accounts on nostr. How do you manage sharing npub within your team? @npub1h2q…w8ch @npub1sqn…5net any tools you can recommend?

2024-09-15 19:05:46 GMT

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He's on here, you've tagged right npub.
npubs are mentioned at end of video under applications.
https://m.primal.net/KrAm.jpg

2024-09-15 17:53:01 GMT

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👀
#note1x39…fy7h
https://m.primal.net/KqyK.jpg

2024-09-10 08:36:56 GMT

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@nprofile…7mx0 made a tool called Rana just for this
https://github.com/grunch/rana

2024-09-10 08:28:30 GMT

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npubs can be mined! like vanity bitcoin addresses.

2024-08-28 18:11:08 GMT

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@nprofile…kvl9 🤝 @nprofile…yh36 🤝 @nprofile…e36t 🤝 @nprofile…qkn2
100% FOSS projekte die beitragen zum zuverlässigeren Lightningbezahlerlebnis

2024-08-27 23:25:01 GMT

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He's correct, nostr doesn't fix CEOs getting arrested. But his point is also moot because targeting CEOs of nostr apps, even of big ones, will never have the disruptive return for governments that the arrest of a centralized platform's CEO has, mostly because switching costs are close to zero for nostr users, while there is no switching option for telegram users.

2024-08-27 18:12:04 GMT

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The information we have about both historic cases is second-hand. On top of that, history is written by the victors and there is a good amount of nuance lost over time, as your example of Father Coughlin demonstrates: barely anyone knows today that there was factions in the US supporting Germany, and that's mostly because it didn't fit the narrative that the US wanted to establish in the history books.
Secondly, we cannot epistemologically know if deplatforming Coughlin or the Hutu radio saved lives. It's even possible that shutting down the Hutu radio could have inadvertently silenced moderate Hutu voices that might have offered alternative perspectives or advocated for peace that could have changed the dynamics of the genocide.
My point is it is impossible to attribute positive consequences to the restriction of speech, but the negative consequences of restriction of speech are always self-evident.

2024-08-27 14:40:46 GMT

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> que piensas estamos haciendo acá?
Most people are excited about nostr because it makes it hard to deplatform dissenting voices by virtue of its architecture and I am no different. Hearing you sympathize with deplatforming in the context of a presentation about Nostr put me off, that's why I had to ask directly.
Mind you, I'm not questioning property rights. We're in agreement that you should have every right to kick me out of your living room or your relay for any or no reason, only listen to and associate with the people that you like.
My question to you was about deplatforming as in restricting a person’s ability to communicate publicy - specifically in the context of Nostr.
Glad to hear that you do want Nostr to be a protocol that enables even speech you don't like. Thanks for clarifying.

2024-08-27 12:59:08 GMT

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I am with you on your position that violence and genocide is bad and I wouldn't give them a platform either, but historical cases aside, do you believe we should have protocols that allow for censorship-resistant and deplatforming-resistant public communications?

2024-08-27 11:26:05 GMT

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I had hoped / expected there'd be some minimal consensus about what we're here for, like "systems that allow for deplatforming = bad - let's build systems that make censorship hard"

2024-08-27 10:53:00 GMT

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Thank you good service bot.

2024-08-27 10:50:22 GMT

If we're not saying "it was a bad thing to deplatform him" — what are we even doing here? @nprofile…uay6
https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxIgWQcI4u3mIMMXBspuOSoyxjt83vxHF8?si=ABlpO0KIxWRyLb0g

2024-08-26 23:50:19 GMT

When we lose our principles,
We invite chaos.

2024-08-26 23:41:59 GMT

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I'm sad he's not here any more and I have no way of contacting him. He's a real one and his concerns should be taken seriously, but I can see how the points he raises are very unpopular.

2024-08-26 21:37:50 GMT

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Hello #figstr https://image.nostr.build/a31ddb8ea7928e7309b010a3c870f8900ada79efae8c59aa2d5d3df1a6201fe2.jpg

2024-08-26 21:26:24 GMT

Fig season is the best season https://image.nostr.build/77b4dd88ffc33d82838d39cdaf386e06125ba6dc243c2781b3168498a7e728f3.jpg

2024-08-26 20:56:51 GMT

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I must've skipped all of that in the onboarding and now I can't find it any more. @nprofile…l3vp heeelp

2024-08-26 20:43:12 GMT

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Is there a way to backup?

2024-08-26 20:37:26 GMT

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10/10

2024-08-26 20:28:10 GMT

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No they're using XMPP only.

2024-08-26 20:16:43 GMT

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Don't get me wrong, I'm really grateful that they're building cool shit. It's coming more from a point of: what's actually verifiably secure and private that we can use to communicate?

2024-08-26 20:14:07 GMT

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They've been saying "open source soon" for two years now. My privacy sensitive friends won't touch it until they can verify, and I can see why. Open source is prerequisite for Don't trust, verify.
https://image.nostr.build/02cf19d8844177d81489a9a4a0d63cb4c98c04afbf47a6b4536b2908ab17d4c5.jpg

2024-08-26 20:06:50 GMT

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Thanks! Works nicely and good notifications. 🎉 https://image.nostr.build/e1236a0658b4185b1e72bd4134d5cc5826ab3cfce45bef1220fdcb89acbfaa94.jpg

2024-08-26 19:56:22 GMT

Someone zap me please, testing minibits ln address

2024-08-26 19:54:23 GMT

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That's really really cool because other devs can build on that stack, but if the keet app is not open source, it could as well be spyware because we can't verify if it does what it says it does.

2024-08-26 19:38:30 GMT

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Neither desktop nor mobile apps are open source. We have no idea what is happening. It's just trust us.

2024-08-14 00:20:57 GMT

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They're using Commons Clause iirc, so not open source by any definition.
Even if it was open source, it wouldn't mean they have to accept contributions.

2024-08-14 00:17:13 GMT

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You can drop the "really". Commons Clause is not open source.

2024-08-14 00:09:34 GMT

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Can't have episodes without prologue

2024-08-13 23:46:38 GMT

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Everything everywhere all at once
Dune 1+2

2024-08-09 23:17:32 GMT

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🧡

2024-06-07 22:35:56 GMT

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Take a wild guess

2024-06-07 22:32:46 GMT

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Phew :)

2024-06-07 22:01:23 GMT

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2.5 years ago I shared a LNURL with sats on nostr and it took 10h 49 mins for it to be redeemed by anon
#nevent1q…5dha
it's been almost 24h and these sats are still not claimed... 🤔
#note1a25…7kcc

2024-06-06 22:41:17 GMT

https://m.primal.net/IbNY.jpg

2024-05-14 10:13:25 GMT

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I grew up with everything at my disposal thanks to my hardworking mother and father who were always there for me.
It wasn't, however, until I visited this township in Mossel Bay earlier this year that I could really appreciate how privileged I grew up.
And it wasn't until I could see and smell the precarious living conditions for myself that I could appreciate the dedication of the Bitcoin Ekasi team to human solidarity. I'm deeply grateful we have angels like them and euphoric that they are armed with BITCOIN, the foremost tool for human empowerment.
Humbled that @npub13lj…cfhw is a tool in their arsenal. 🧡🙏
#note1khg…6mgy

2024-05-14 09:52:21 GMT

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Thank you! It's a great honour and motivation for the team that the software we work on daily supports your mission to empower the township with bitcoin. 🧡

2024-05-02 14:02:43 GMT

F
Did you nuke X account @npub1der…xzpc ?
Wish it didn't mean deletion of tweet history, so many illuminating threads and convos lost 😪

2024-05-02 13:56:53 GMT

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Because they will be blocked by blink with other means. The team would appreciate if US users did not try to circumvent the team's decision to exclude US users.

2024-04-28 22:28:46 GMT

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US users are not welcome, they can download apk but it will be useless.

2024-04-09 23:50:19 GMT

came to nostr to tell you bitches that your gossip is so loud we can hear it on Twitter.

2024-01-05 21:32:43 GMT

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Call it whatever you want. As long as people's obligations are denominated in USD or other fiat, holding bitcoin only will cause problems for people because of the mismatch: You owe USD - you hold BTC. Stablesats fixes this.

2024-01-04 23:50:52 GMT

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This is it 💯

2024-01-04 23:49:11 GMT

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🫂

2024-01-04 23:48:05 GMT

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I would call it being upfront and direct about the tradeoff that is made: convenience and ease-of-use for sovereignty and full control.
The alternatives are either being technical and running a server yourself or going through extensive KYC and then using closed source services where you pay a % of your revenue as fees.
Blink X BTCPay is offering merchants a middleground with a reliable service on open source software and just a phone number for registration, no fees for Intraledger / Lightning payments and 0.2% spread for Stablesats conversion. I'm hopeful this reduces a lot of friction for using BTCPay tools and will make bitcoin payments in (e-)commerce a lot more accessible. We'll see.

2023-08-13 21:21:28 GMT

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Liife's so much easier when you're honest

2023-08-13 21:18:41 GMT

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New one's tough!
Wordle Türkçe 786 6/6
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https://wordleturkce.bundle.app/

2023-08-13 21:15:49 GMT

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That's not a great starting word because:
It has the same vowel twice
P, Z, R are not very common consonants
Try starting with "Selam" 😉

2023-08-13 11:27:00 GMT

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I solved this one :)
What's your starting word?
Wordle Türkçe 785 3/6
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https://wordleturkce.bundle.app/

2023-07-23 21:56:00 GMT

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I'm on linux, but I thought spaces only works on mobile? Or am I wrong.

2023-07-23 00:40:47 GMT

Is there an easy way to stream a twitter space to nostr nests at the same time?

2023-07-18 03:00:55 GMT

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Ok, so what's he building on nostr?

2023-07-18 02:37:14 GMT

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It's a post of his from yesterday, on twitter, so yes, it's proof.

2023-07-18 02:16:57 GMT

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Yup
https://nostr.build/i/1b41e230db82f04f08c048787d23cff284823d28240e11b5128f3620ecedc00b.jpg

2023-07-18 02:10:18 GMT

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It's funny because he's using twitter himself and building nothing on nostr
#nevent1q…cy4y

2023-07-18 01:59:40 GMT

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Well, it's a crappy experience. Never happened to me on legacy social media but had already 10 posts disappear on nostr, which is indistinguishable from being censored to user. In this state, it's impossible to recommend without looking like an idiot.

2023-07-18 01:49:42 GMT

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Yeah, no idea. I've enabled writing to it just now.

2023-07-18 01:47:59 GMT

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Just checked. The notes don't show up there. It's 2 missing notes today alone, both posted 2-3h ago.

2023-07-18 01:45:15 GMT

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Thx, done

2023-07-18 01:42:50 GMT

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Maybe because I'm a nostr noob and I have little time to change that

2023-07-18 01:40:35 GMT

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Removed some with little to no activity, but frankly I have no clue how to pick relays and I've little interest in learning how to do it. I just want to see posts of people I follow. Isn't it possible that my client checks where my network posts and subscribes there automatically?

2023-07-18 01:29:52 GMT

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What's the best way to share relays?

2023-07-18 01:27:33 GMT

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My relays should be visible publicly on my profile, no?

2023-07-18 01:22:47 GMT

So far I've had multiple (6-7) notes disappear on nostr. First they showed up, minutes later they were gone, not showing up in my profile, on various clients. One of them was a long form post that I had typed for 20 minutes.
Frustrating to say the least.

2023-07-15 23:32:39 GMT

Saifrdean interview with John Dennehy (Mi Primer Bitcoin) - great insights and perspectives about bitcoin in El Salvador
https://fountain.fm/episode/6aum2LvnlWBC85VOLbvH

2023-07-15 23:28:24 GMT

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And go to prison? Hard pass

2023-07-15 23:22:57 GMT

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As a custodial service and regulated entity, there's not much they can do. Depending on where they're regulated, they might be able to allow certain limits without requiring full kyc.

2023-07-15 23:00:47 GMT

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Anything to support this claim? Seems made up to me.

2023-07-15 22:59:33 GMT

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Lightning txs, too? Are their fees explained somewhere?